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Iran Worker Community Hardships ReportersSun, 30 Apr 2017 04:10:25 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.4Election in IRAN or Appointments in IRANhttp://iwchr.org/election-in-iran-or-appointments-in-iran/
Sun, 30 Apr 2017 03:19:39 +0000http://iwchr.org/?p=188Workrs think we do not have a real election in IRAN. Because the Super Leader sets all detales for election(appointments), after that people have to vote his and his team’s decision. IT is the path in IRAN regarding Islamic Election. People are under the inforce to participate in this process. Will write about it.
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Tue, 06 Dec 2016 06:38:43 +0000http://iwchr.org/?p=185Mansur Osanlou with reporters said that they don’t leave the scene and with all of the treats and beating the demonstrators and jailing them, The bus drivers and union insisted on freeing their friends from jail and shouted we continue strikes to get our delayed salary and won’t forget their friends who are beaten badly.

These groups only wanted to get their salaries which are not paid for months children. These groups want to bring up their voices and show to the publics to support them.

The Bus Drivers Union want retirements to save their families who are starving for a piece of bread.

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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:58:42 +0000http://iwchr.org/?p=179The Security Guards are gathered on the streets to prevent bus drivers turn off the light buses. But drivers this morning for supporting the Unions and opposition of police they run the buses with head lights slowly moving across the road.

They want to show and bring the publics to their attention to what cruelty regime did to them. Because a majority of them are presented on streets with lights ,the crowds of people notice this movement.

The Security Guards are presented around cross streets to prevent this action and treating them to turn off the lights but nobody cares.

Yesterday morning the guards wildly beaten the strikers and jailed a dozen of them without reason ,they told ,we continue our opposition till we get victory ,because Hasan Seedy ,Naser Moharam Zadeh and Hamid Fedaie were wildly beaten by security guards And 17 workers were taken to jail But the demonstrators cause that later free them.

The pictures you see are from the unity of workers

Yesterday morning the guards wildly beaten the strikers and jailed a dozen of them without reason

The Security Guards are presented around cross streets to prevent this action and treating them to turn off the lights but nobody cares.

A group of political prisoners in Gohardasht prison on Wednesday 16th of November 2016 in a statement expressed their solidarity with teachers, workers, students and all compatriots who are tired of their condition. In this statement, it is written: oh movement of freedom, oh path-seekers of life, solidarity….solidarity. The righteous cry and voice of protest and honorable resistance of you workers, teachers, and students of our country from Baharestan square broke the blockage of the security forces and passed Karaj highway and passed through the walls and fences of Gohardasht prison and resonated in our meeting hall! The determined faces and cries and the rise of our compatriots who demanded their stolen rights and assets and demanded the freedom of political prisoners who belong to people appeared in front of our eyes. We are proud of and take honor on your righteous courage, and bravery. Hello to your honesty and your union and solidarity and tireless wills!

We are in a circumstance that there is no ear to hear or court to refer in order to prevent looting of teachers’ funds, huge salaries, anti-worker amendments, and ruthless slavery-like labor law and numerous discriminations against teachers. Nobody can resist the looters and plunderers! But when the noblest people of the society demand their violated rights with the slogan “livelihood and respect is our inalienable right” they are ruthlessly attacked by the regime’s forces. These are the miracles of the government of hope and wisdom!!! Wisdom to suppress the teachers and hope for plunderer thieves! We, political prisoners of Karaj Gohardasht prison expressing our support and solidarity with teachers and workers and students and all our tired compatriots say that for a political prison no gift is better than hearing the cries of righteous demands for which he is imprisoned from behind the walls of the prison. The same rights which people are deprived of for the benefit of plunderer dominants and rent seeking parasitic entities related to the regime. Long live and strong be the solidarity of workers, teachers, and students! 16th of November, Gohardasht prison, Abolghasem Fouladvand, Reza Akbari Monfared, Sa’id Mansouri, Mohammad Ali Mansouri, Saleh Kohandel, Ali Mo’ezzi, Khaled Hardani, Hassan Sadeghi, Shahin Zoghitabar, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Jaber Abedini, Ebrahim Firouzi.
Rajai-Shahr prison of Karaj

]]>Continuing gathering protest signature scrolls by the syndicate of the workers of the bus company about the amendment to the labor lawhttp://iwchr.org/continuing-gathering-protest-signature-scrolls-by-the-syndicate-of-the-workers-of-the-bus-company-about-the-amendment-to-the-labor-law/
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:09:27 +0000http://iwchr.org/?p=161Continuing gathering protest signatures by the members of the syndicate of the workers of the bus company is a great step to organize field movements. The experience of gathering signature in order to recognize the syndicate of the workers of the bus company is the supporter of this great step of the workers of the bus company and our colleagues.

The Houris of the hell have been waiting for this draft entity since years ago. There were thousands of torture, false articles and rapes and murders in the records file of this so called “defender of the shrine”. He and Hosein Shari’atmadari and the other managers of The Kayhan Newspaper were the agent and operator of hundreds of torture and mass killing and illness making and forced repentant under physical and sexual and mental tortures. All of them are the thieves of the people’s properties in Damavand and Firoozkooh. On the orders of Khamenei they created false files against a majority of freedom fighters and freedom lovers. They are responsible for ruining thousands of families. One of their jobs in Khomeini regime was the project of pressure against the leaders of political parties in order to get confessions from them under various pressures and using psychotropic drugs and killing their characters and then destroying them. To know more about the details visit Reza Malek and his Facebook page.

(1) The Kayhan, name of the newspaper

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Mon, 21 Nov 2016 05:14:51 +0000http://khabargar.wpengine.com/?p=124The political prisoner, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, in a letter to Ms. Asemeh Jahangir, the Special Reporter on Human Rights, and Mr. Zeid Abdolhosein, the High Commissar of Human Rights and Ms. Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policies, explaining the cases of violation of human rights in Iran asked for attending and taking serious measures in order to change this situation. This political prisoner then attached a list of prisoners who were killed because of suicide, death in agitated conflicts, and suspicious deaths.
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh

The letter of Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, the political prisoner, weblog writer, labor activist, and children rights activist:

Behnam Ebrahimzadeh

Her Honor Ms. Asemeh Jahangir, the Special Reporter on Human Rights, and His Honor Mr. Zeid Abdolhosein, the High Commissar of Human Rights and Her Honor Ms. Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policies,

With Greetings to Your Honors,

Congratulations again to you Ms. Asemeh Jahangir for being elected as the Special Reporter of Human Rights in Iran’s Affair and hoping for peace and friendship in the world, I dare say if the world is known with development and technology indexes now, the Iranian government is known as the supporter of terrorism, being sectarian, and counter-ethnic actions , and fueling the religious and ethnic conflicts in Iran and the region, and imprisoning and execution, and suppressing the opponents and critics and wide violation of the human rights. For public opinions it is quite clear that the actions of the rulers of Iran are one of the most catastrophic actions in the countries of the world. The reason is that by increasing the limitations, detention and suppressing outstanding political figures, it strongly fights against hundreds of critics and opponents including lawyers, labor and human rights activists, journalists even for slightest opposition. The Iranian regime continues the inquisition of people’s ideas as well as widely systematic executions and uses threats and intimidation, detention and investigation, and wild tortures, and long term solitary confinement to get forced confessions.

After the UN resolution and condemnation of governance of the jurist system, it is time for the defenders of human rights to advance

Mehdi Farahi Shandiz member of livelihood campaign and political prisoner: I call for prosecuting of all murderers and dictators and mass killers during the past 37 years. Congratulations for the glorious rally of workers yesterday in Baharestan square, and after condemnation of the governance of the jurist by the UN again because of violating human rights last week there is no time to stop. All the pro-democracy forces and defenders of human rights must advance. The violated rights of us, the Iranian people, is now on the agenda. By protesting movements and demanding the inalienable human rights we must put pressure on this regime. The regime, the Quran teacher of which, and the leader of which, has no mercy even on children. Our compatriots! There is no time for silence. We from inside the prison any you from outside, from the big prison move to overthrow this anti human regime. If we do this by ourselves at least a little of our country will survive but if wait more than this, then anything which happens for us and our country nobody is responsible except us ourselves. Let’s accomplish this historical duty and prevent the governance of the jurist system to ruin our country. Any single day that this regime remains in power it will cause more destruction and ill culture. This is our duty and our right to save the future of the children of our country.

Long live the solidarity of workers!
Long live democratic republic of people of Iran!
Mehdi Farahi Shandiz – Rajai-Shahr prison 16th of November 2016

Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, photo: khabargar.co

Campaign records of Mehdi Farahi Shandiz: Mehdi have been imprisoned for five times because of defending the rights of children and students and workers. He has been one of the founders of the syndicate of free teachers. At present he is in Rajai-Shahr prison and is living in ward 4, hall 12. Several days ago they wanted to release him provided that he accepts shackles but he didn’t accept. Totally he has been in prison for 7 years and from inside the prison he declared to join the alternative ballot box of free and democratic votes. Mehdi Farahi Shandiz is member of livelihood campaign and a helper of the campaign. He calls for passing the governance of the jurist regime behind and establish a democratic and humanist system dependent on the universal declaration of human rights. He calls for release of all innocent prisoners. He calls for prosecuting of all murderers and dictators and mass killers during the past 37 years. He calls for freedom of parties, and organizations and independent and free syndicates of workers. He supports the efforts of political and civil and union activists and calls for prosecuting of all murderers and authorities of the Islamic Republic regime because of violating the human rights and killing and torturing the political prisoners considering all the legal rights and in open courts. He believes in solidarity of the oppressed advocate movement and is ready to cooperate with all anti-governance of the jurist forces through peaceful and democratic methods.

Eight key activists have launched the Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty campaign, demanding an end to executions in Iran. The eight, including Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Maleki, call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to end public executions, the use of stoning, exempt children from capital punishment, and alter the law from execution to a system of rehabilitation. Supporters can join the campaign by adding their name to this petition and joining the “Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty” Facebook page. More about the “Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty” campaign: Dear people of Iran! The promotion and institutionalization of violence hinder any community in its path to progress and blocks the road to a society’s psychological tranquility. A community that from its birth embedded tension and acrimony in the lives of its members grows frail prematurely and will never discover the essence of health and growth. When violence enters the domain of law, new generations will be nurtured regressively. In such a society, no space is left for life in tranquility,forgiveness, compassion and mental health. Even if we would consider Capital Punishment, in its entirety,as an unavoidable form of punishment, public executions are without any doubt brutal and cruel acts and we must stop such unacceptable violence. It is self-evident that greater education will force us, the people of Iran, to accept this unquestionable principle, namely that the capital punishment of criminals and the accused, regardless of any kind of offense, must be abolished. Instead, a system of moral education must be implemented. Yes, eventually the day will come that we will avoid executions, especially in public, and ponder the lost lives of our fellow citizens. We will look back with regret, knowing that they could have benefited from an education that nurtured a moral foundation within them. They could have been contributors to the development and future prosperity of the people of Iran. Given these facts, we the undersigned of this appeal, believe in the urgency of rejecting this violent method of punishment and demand the abolishment of the death penalty. We expect our adherents to pursue this goal and recommend the following actions: 1- Rather than performing the death penalty, offenders must undergo rehabilitation and receive pedagogical training. This is a practical method to abolish the death penalty step by step, based on the proper management of the immense financial resources of our country. 2- Children and adolescents who committed a crime whilst under the minimum age must be exempt from this form of punishment, even after reaching the legal age; since if they had reached maturity, they would not have committed the crime. 3- It is imperative that public executions, hand or foot amputations, as the most brutal ways of taking away and punishing human life, be immediately removed from the laws of the country. 4- Human dignity requires the exclusion of the stoning of offenders, which is one of the most painful and horrific methods of execution, from the laws of the country. 5- A political and ideological prisoner enters the arena of politics, based on her or his convictions and expectations, to achieve the self-evident premises of civil and political rights and freedom. Therefore it is imperative that such activists and defendants, regardless of their opinions and persuasions, are exempted from the death penalty. We solicit the support of allIranians who desire to reduce or eliminate violent methods in our society, and ask them to join and support the campaign for the “Step by Step to Stop the Death Penalty”. Initiators of the Appeal: Babak Ahmadi (author and translator); Simin Behbahani (writer and poet); Ali Reza Jabbari (author and translator); Fariborz Rais Dana (economist and political activist); Parvin Fahimi (human rights – the mother of Sohrab Arabi, student killed in post-election violence); Ismail Mufti-Zadeh (human rights activist); Mohammad Maleki (political activist and former president of Tehran University); Mohammad Nourizad (writer and filmmaker)

Kurdia Agency: Insulting and affronting the Yarsan Kurds continues. Since last winter up to today the level and extent of insulting and affronting Yarsan Kurds by the institutions and organizations of the Islamic republic of Iran have unprecedentedly increased.

According to the reports received by Kurdia News Agency, in addition to tolerating discriminations and widespread oppressions because of being Kurd, they suffer additional misery from the ideological Islamic regime because of their religious beliefs. Sofia-shenasi “Sophia-Study” website on Sunday, November 13, 2016 published photos from congratulation messages of “Khavankar” celebrations in Kermanshan province and in a report insulted and affronted the followers of Yarsan religion and addressed them with insulting and unsuitable words.

This site which was created aiming destruction and creating a poisoned atmosphere of propaganda against non-Islamic religions or sects which do not believe in the absolute governance of the jurist, agitates the people’s emotions by releasing unreal news and distorting the facts. This site in this report warns the authorities to increase the limitations over the followers of Yarsan religion and refrain from any kind of interactions and talks with them.

image: khabargar.co

It is worth mentioning that the period of fasting of the followers of Yarsan is from 12th to 14th of November and the last day of this religious ritual is famous as Khavankar celebrations. On this day in addition to Yarsan Kurds other Kurds from different religions and rituals by going to homes of the chiefs of this religion or their Yarsan friends or by publishing congratulation messages in local journals and by installing placards and billboards try to express their deep feelings to this ancient religion of Kurds.

Kermanshan province as the biggest center of presence of the followers of Yarsan and also because of numerous holy places of this religion has always been the target of fascist plots of totalitarian governments of Iran in order to create schism among Shiite and Sunni and Yarsan Kurds and prevent the spread of national-democratic movements of Kurdistan.